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diff --git a/documentation/bitbake.rst b/documentation/bitbake.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7702f9322c --- /dev/null +++ b/documentation/bitbake.rst @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK + +===================== +BitBake Documentation +===================== + +| + +BitBake was originally a part of the OpenEmbedded project. It was inspired by +the Portage package management system used by the Gentoo Linux distribution. In +2004, the OpenEmbedded project was split the project into two distinct pieces: + +- BitBake, a generic task executor +- OpenEmbedded, a metadata set utilized by BitBake + +Today, BitBake is the primary build tool of OpenEmbedded based projects, such as +the Yocto Project. + +The BitBake documentation can be found :doc:`here <bitbake:index>`. |